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Low-income and minority students are particularly affected, and the problem stands to worsen as global temperatures rise, according to public policy researcher Jisung Park.

Nearly 30 percent of people in the ongoing trial have survived for at least three years after they enrolled in the study; the average life expectancy for people with glioblastoma is 15 to 17 months.

The congressman delivered the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, sponsored by UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations.

Understanding colon cancer's ability to change its genes — a process called immunoediting — could help researchers develop new immunotherapies that target those genetic changes, leading to more effective treatments.

The university is in the process of selecting a replacement for the June 15 graduation ceremonies.

The next step is to determine why the numbers are so low and find ways to increase those rates of testing.

The donation, which builds on a decade of support from the foundation led by Dan and Rae Emmett, includes $1.8 million and a challenge: The foundation will match one-to-one gifts made by other donors up to $2.5 million.

In a panel discussion hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the creator and actors from the award-winning FX drama talked with two who worked in counterintelligence.

UCLA placed No. 2 among U.S. public universities and rejoined the top 10 universities overall for the first time since 2014.

The show of works from the permanent collection runs until Sept. 9.

The study is the first to establish a link between susceptibility to seizures and the gut microbiota — the 100 trillion or so bacteria and other microbes that reside in the human body’s intestines.

African-American and low-income kids are the most at risk for health problems as the biggest consumers of sweetened beverages, a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found.

An earlier $2 million grant from the foundation established the California Policy Lab in 2017.

UCLA researchers designed Chatterbaby, which uses artificial intelligence to help determine if baby is hungry, fussy or in pain.

The research “may reassure some people that despite testing positive on screening tests, their chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease dementia is low,” said UCLA’s Ron Brookmeyer.

Graduating students and guests will attend nearly 60 commencement ceremonies, receptions and celebrations across campus.

Researchers engineered a hydrogel that, when injected into the brain, thickens to create a scaffolding into which blood vessels and neurons can grow.

The legendary bandleader sparked serious conversations about race, politics and music by performing with an integrated band.

New UCLA-led research demonstrates the financial benefits of using sources such as groundwater.

In a prior study, the same researchers showed that pathologists disagreed about the diagnosis of early-stage invasive melanoma more than 50 percent of the time.

Scientists have long been interested in Europa because evidence suggests that a vast ocean lies beneath its icy outer shell.

The process analyzes several possible risk scenarios to help doctors more thoroughly assess people who could be candidates for heart transplants.

The schedule, which runs from September 22, 2018, to May 10, 2019, offers 42 events and 59 performances, with one U.S. and seven West Coast premieres, plus two exclusive programs.

The study analyzed data from 2009 to 2011 in six U.S. cities; the findings could help shape prevention programs.

Women infected by the virus during pregnancy were 10 times more likely than the general population to give birth to babies with major cardiac problems, researchers found.